ALMATY (TCA) — Production of paper from technical (non-narcotic) hemp within the framework of import substitution policies was discussed last week at a meeting of the Secretariat of the Manufacturing Industry Committee of the Atameken National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of Kazakhstan.
DUBAI (TCA) — Investments of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in Kazakhstan have reached $545 million and bilateral trade amounted to $135 million at the end of 2015, Kairat Lama Sharif, Ambassador of Kazakhstan to the UAE, said on the sidelines of a Kazakh delegation visit headed by Sharif to Dawood Al Shezawi, founder and president of the Annual Investment Meeting (AIM), one of the world’s leading Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)-focused platform, Khaleej Times reported on February 29.
BISHKEK (TCA) — The article below, originally published by Stratfor, highlights India’s efforts to expand its influence beyond South Asia with the help of a partner with whom it has a long history of cooperation: Iran.
ASTANA (TCA) — Chinese Ambassador to Kazakhstan Zhang Hongwei last week met with Kazakh media to talk about plans of creation of new Kazakh-Chinese joint ventures and transfer of production facilities from China to Kazakhstan, the Atameken National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of Kazakhstan reported on its website.
ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan’s plant to assemble electric locomotives, EKZ, located in Astana, has signed a contract on assembly and delivery of 50 freight locomotives to Azerbaijan Railways, Director General of Alstom Henri Poupart-Lafarge said in Astana on February 26, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi (left) and Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev in Astana on February 26 (akorda.kz)
ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan and Egypt agreed to cooperate in agricultural and pharmaceutical sectors during Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s visit to Kazakhstan on February 26.
